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George Pérez, celebrated comic book artist who redefined Wonder Woman, has died

Pérez died on Friday at age 67. In a career that spanned over four decades, Pérez's meticulous pencil was behind some of the biggest comic book heroes.

A woman holds a sign in honor of Emmett Till during a protest on June 13, 2020, in Chicago. Protests erupted across the U.S. after George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.

Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts

President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, the culmination of more than a century of efforts to designate lynching as a federal hate crime.

Health workers carry the coffin of a victim who died Saturday in a stampede at the Mata Vaishnav Devi shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

12 people were killed when a crowd surged at a popular Hindu shrine in Kashmir

Fifteen people were also injured in the surge at the shrine on New Year's Day, officials said. Initial reports suggested an altercation between a group of devotees led to the crush.

Celebrity chef José Andrés (right) is the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that serves meals to people affected by humanitarian crises. Here, President Biden (second from left) arrives to meet with Ukrainian refugees and humanitarian aid workers during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, on March 26.

A charity kitchen in Ukraine linked to chef José Andrés was destroyed by a missile

The celebrity chef's nonprofit World Central Kitchen has been serving meals to families fleeing Ukraine. A restaurant that was partnering with the organization was destroyed by a Russian missile.

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange this summer. Members of Congress are required to disclose their stock transactions under a law known as the STOCK Act, but an outside ethics group filed complaints, noting that some lawmakers are violating the rules.

Outside Ethics Group Says 7 House Lawmakers Didn't Disclose Stock Trades

The complaints from the Campaign Legal Center against four Democrats and three Republicans show a trend — lawmakers failing to disclose transactions required by an insider trading law.

Kami Rita Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time Saturday, setting a new world record for most times summitting the world's tallest peak.

A climber scaled Everest for the 26th time. He broke his own world record — again

Kami Rita Sherpa has set and broke his own world record for the most successful Mount Everest ascents multiple times in recent years. He's now summited Everest for the 26th time.

Anti-abortion activists protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, May 23.

Abortion bans with no exceptions may be politically risky

Some conservative states pressing for abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. But public opinion polls suggest those limits could cause blowback.

Symptoms of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's hand, from a 2003 case in the U.S. In most instances, the disease causes fever and painful, pus-filled blisters. New cases in the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal are spreading possibly through sexual contact, which had not previously been linked to monkeypox transmission.

Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry?

The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.

President Joe Biden speaks about inflation and supply chain issues at the Port of Los Angeles, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles.

At Port of Los Angeles, Biden vows to battle inflation as prices keep climbing

It's a problem that's eluded Biden's policy tweaks, deals brokered with the private sector, infrastructure spending and regulatory actions.

Once the rules for implementing it are worked out, a bill signed into federal law in December will eliminate the required five-month waiting period for diagnosed ALS patients to begin disability benefits, enabling quicker Medicare coverage as well.

ALS Patients To Gain Quicker Access To Disability Benefits And Medicare

Lou Gehrig's disease can take months to diagnose, then rapidly incapacitate patients, leaving many families bankrupt before disability payments and Medicare kick in. A recent law aims to change that.

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